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this.... replaces the use of DHCP with a static file rewriter on boot, OK, why is this recommended in general, should we expect DHCP to have ongoing issues that
by zzzeek 4y ago
this.... replaces the use of DHCP with a static file rewriter on boot, OK, why is this recommended in general, should we expect DHCP to have ongoing issues that their "network helper" would not ?
- bombcar 4y agoFor the vast majority of people, a Linode is just a virtual server that sits on a static IP like a fat toad. This network helper just assigns that static IP instead of assuming DHCP will find it. You could turn it off later I guess.
- TheNewsIsHere 4y agoYeah, we’ve only reallocated an IP address once (in the past week, as it happens), but that was an exception. Our servers are redeployable and backed up, but they’re not really ephemeral. So they just have their IP “forever”. I think the oldest virtual server we’ve had was deleted when it was almost 3 years old.